diff --git a/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx b/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
index 413260d..fabd665 100644
--- a/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
+++ b/vncviewer/vncviewer.cxx
@@ -349,8 +349,9 @@
 
   fprintf(stderr,
           "\nusage: %s [parameters] [host:displayNum] [parameters]\n"
-          "       %s [parameters] -listen [port] [parameters]\n",
-          programName, programName);
+          "       %s [parameters] -listen [port] [parameters]\n"
+          "       %s [parameters] [.tigervnc file]\n",
+          programName, programName, programName);
   fprintf(stderr,"\n"
           "Parameters can be turned on with -<param> or off with -<param>=0\n"
           "Parameters which take a value can be specified as "
@@ -368,6 +369,31 @@
   exit(1);
 }
 
+static void
+potentiallyLoadConfigurationFile(char *vncServerName)
+{
+  const bool hasPathSeparator = (strchr(vncServerName, '/') != NULL ||
+                                 (strchr(vncServerName, '\\')) != NULL);
+
+  if (hasPathSeparator) {
+    try {
+      strncpy(vncServerName, loadViewerParameters(vncServerName),
+              VNCSERVERNAMELEN);
+      if (vncServerName[0] == '\0') {
+        vlog.error("Unable to load the server name from given file");
+        if (alertOnFatalError)
+          fl_alert("Unable to load the server name from given file");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+    } catch (rfb::Exception& e) {
+      vlog.error("%s", e.str());
+      if (alertOnFatalError)
+        fl_alert("%s", e.str());
+      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 #ifndef WIN32
 static int
 interpretViaParam(char *remoteHost, int *remotePort, int localPort)
@@ -516,6 +542,9 @@
     i++;
   }
 
+  // Check if the server name in reality is a configuration file
+  potentiallyLoadConfigurationFile(vncServerName);
+
   mkvnchomedir();
 
 #if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__APPLE__)